Guard for eyeglasses.



, No. 770,249. PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

L. F. ADT.

GUARD FOE EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1901. RENEWED JULY 11, 1904.

NO MODEL.

Inventor.

Patented September 20, 1904.

LEO F. ADT, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,249, dated September 20, 1904:. Application filed November 18, 1901. Renewed July 11, 1904. Serial No. 216,173. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LEO F. AM, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Eyeglasses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-nui'nerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved guard or nose-piece for use on pince-nez or eyeglasses which is not only simple and cheap in construction, but which will also serve to hold the glasses firmly in position by reason of the extended surface afforded in contact with the wearers nose and by reason of the facility with which it may be adjusted to suit the facial characteristics of the wearer.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 show different forms of the nose-guard blanks having the characteristic features of and embodying my improvements; Fig. 1, a perspective View showing one form of guard applied to a lens and bridge-piece or spring of a form of eyeglasses to which it is adapted.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

The guard forming the subject-matter of this application is characterized by being.

formed preferably of a single piece of flat metal more or less elastic and embodying an upper holding pad or portion (indicated by 1) and an arm or portion extending downwardly therefrom and forwardly and then upwardly again toward the pad 1, but below the latter, forming a loop, (indicated by 2,) the end of this portion being adapted to be attached to the clip 3 on the lens or to a frame, if one is employed. The attaching end of the clip is shaped or formed so as to be readily attached to the lens or the clip thereon, and in Figs. 1 and 4 I have shown this end 4 as extending horizontally and perforated for attachment to a clip having a horizontal recess or channel.

In Fig. 2 this end (indicated by 5) extends vertically for application to the lower portion of a clip having vertically-extending flanges or lugs, and in Fig. 3 an extra bend is made near the end, so that the perforated end 6 may pass into the channel in the clip from the upper side. In all of the forms shown it will be noted the attaching end approaches the arm having the holding portions or pad. 1 on its end, so as to form a loop below the pad, and the loop is inclined more or less relative to the plane of the front of the lens, and its lower end is slightly in rear of the holding pad or end 1. This loop or the lower portion thereof, as well as the pad or portion 1, is in use adapted to engage the side of the wearers nose, and as the guard is capable of adjustment by bending it will be seen that a bear ing-surface is obtained which is sufficiently extended to hold the glasses firmly without touching a great deal of the wearers flesh, and the flesh may bulge slightly within the loop to assist in preventing a sliding movement, while the pad or portion 1, engaging the nose above and toward the rear, will effectually prevent the glasses from tilting. If desired, in order to obtain a better bearing-surface for the arm or portion 1 the latter may be provided with the perforation 7, as shown, and may in addition or as a substitute for said perforation be roughened, as at 8.

Nose-guards constructed as shown and applied to the lenses or glasses in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4: serve to hold the glasses firmly in place and enable the Optician to alter or bend the holding portions to suit almost any wearer.

I claim as my invention 1. Anose-guard for eyeglasses, composed of elastic material having one end adapted to be attached to a lens-clip and thence extending downward and forward from its point of attachment, then upward and rearward again so as to form a loop at its lower portion, adapted to engage the nose of the wearer, and thence extending upward above the point of attachment, the upward extremity being free and expanded to form a holding portion or pad the sides of said expanded portion, and the sides of said loop lying in approximately the same plane.

2. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, composed of flat elastic material having one end adapted for attachment to a lens-clip and extending thence downward, forward and upward and rearward to form a flat loop adapted to engage the wearers nose, and the portion above the loop being free, expanded laterally and extending upwardly above the attaching end, the sides of said expanded portion, and of the loop lying in approximately the same plane.

3. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, composed of a single piece of flat elastic material having one end adapted for attachment to alens-clip and extending thence downward, forward and upward and rearward to form a flat loop adapted to engage the side of the wearers nose, and the portion above the loop being free and extending upward beyond the attaching end, expanded laterally and provided with a perforation, the fiat sides of said expanded portion, and the sides of said loop lying in approximately the same plane.

4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lens, and the clip attached thereto, of a noseguard composed of fiat metal and attached at one end to the clip, thence extending forward and downward, thence rearward and upward close to the attaching end to form a loop, and having its upper portion free and extending above the loop and expanded laterally, said loop and the free end of the guard lying in approximately the same plane, and thus adapted to remain in contact with the wearers nose.

5. Anose-guard for eyeglasses, composed of elastic material, embodying a loop extending below the attaching end of the guard, and an upwardly-extending arm forming a continuation of the loop and having its end free and expanded and extending above the said attaching end, the flat sides of said expanded portion, and the sides of said loop being in approximately the same plane and adapted to contact with the nose of the wearer.

6. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, comprising a flat piece of elastic material having one end thereof formed for attachment to a lens-clip and thence extending downwardly bending forwardly and extending rearwardly and upwardly in a plane at aslight angle to the downwardly-extending portion, forming a flat loop at the lower end of the guard, the free end of said upwardlyextending portion being extended laterally in a plane substantially in line with the sides of said loop, the sides of said loop and the laterally-extended portion of said guard being adapted to remain in contact with the nose of the wearer.

7. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, comprising a flat piece of elastic material having one end thereof adapted to be attached to a lens-clip and. thence extending downwardly curving rearwardly and then extending upwardly,

forming a fiat loop at the lower portion of the guard, the free end of said upwardly-extending portion being extended laterally, both said loop and said laterall *extended portion lying in aplane in rear of the plane of the lenses and being adapted to remain in contact with the nose of the wearer.

LEO F. ADT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD MURPHY, 2d, ROY V. RHODES. 

